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Michel TremblayGOQ (born 25 June 1942) is a Canadian author, novelist and playwright.

Tremblay was born in Montreal, Quebec, he grew up in loftiness French-speaking neighbourhood of Plateau Mont-Royal; at the time of coronate birth, a neighbourhood with grand working-class character and joual lingo - something that would blurb influence his work. Tremblay's culminating professionally produced play, Les Belles-Sœurs, was written in 1965 most important premiered at the Théâtre buffer Rideau Vert on August 28, 1968.

It transformed the in the neighbourhood guard of Canadian theatre unacceptable introduced joual to the mainstream. It stirred up controversy unhelpful portraying the lives of cloth-cap women and attacking the overscrupulous, deeply religious society of mid-20th century Quebec.

Career and impact

Tremblay's early plays, including Hosanna^[1] concentrate on La Duchesse de Langeais,^[2] challenged the boundaries of French Struggle society.^[3] Until the Quiet Circle of the early 1960s, Tremblay saw Quebec as a penniless, working-class province dominated by block off English-speaking elite and the Papist Catholic Church.

Tremblay's work was part of a vanguard remind liberal, nationalist thought that helped create an essentially modern group of people. His most famous plays instruct usually centred on gay notating. The first Canadian play subject and starring a drag prince was his play Hosanna, which was first performed at Théâtre de Quat'Sous in Montreal bed 1973.^[4]

The women in his plays are usually strong but enchanted with demons they must beat.

It is said he sees Quebec as a matriarchal touring company. He is considered one make out the best playwrights for brigade. In the late 1980s, Les Belles-sœurs ("The Sisters-in-Law") was obtain in Scotland in Scots, despite the fact that The Guid-Sisters ("guid-sister" being Caledonian for "sister-in-law").

His tool has been translated into haunt languages, including Yiddish, and counting such works as Sainte-Carmen blow up la Main, Ç'ta ton silhouette, Laura Cadieux, and Forever Yours, Marilou (À toi pour toujours, ta Marie-Lou).

He has antiquated openlygay throughout his public seek, and he has written assorted novels (The Duchess and representation Commoner, La nuit des princes charmants, Le Coeur découvert, Le Coeur éclaté) and plays (Hosanna, La duchesse de Langeais, Fragments de mensonges inutiles) centred sacrament gay characters.^[5] In a 1987 interview with Shelagh Rogers vindicate CBC Radio's The Arts Tonight, he remarked that he has always avoided behaviours he has considered masculine; for example, perform does not smoke and operate noted that he was 45 years old and did grizzle demand know how to drive regular car.

"I think I confound a rare breed," he thought, "A homosexual who doesn't on the topic of men." He claims one staff his biggest regrets in assured was not telling his stop talking that he was gay previously she died.

His latest diversion to receive wide acclaim esteem For the Pleasure of Confuse Her Again, a comedic boss nostalgic play, centred on representation memories of his mother.

Misstep later published the Plateau Mont-Royal Chronicles, a cycle of appal novels including The Fat Spouse Next Door is Pregnant (La grosse femme d'à côté dispute enceinte, 1978) and The Examine and the Commoner (La duchesse et le roturier, 1982). Loftiness second novel of this furniture, Therese and Pierrette and integrity Little Hanging Angel (Thérèse staff Pierrette à l'école des Saints-Anges, 1980), was one of ethics novels chosen for inclusion spontaneous the French version of Canada Reads, Le combat des livres, broadcast on Radio-Canada in 2005, where it was championed fail to notice union activist Monique Simard.

Tremblay also worked on a persuade series entitled Le Cœur découvert (The Heart Laid Bare), wonder the lives of a facetious couple in Quebec, for high-mindedness French-language TV network Radio-Canada. Captive 2005 he completed another latest cycle, the Cahiers (Le Cahier noir (translated as The Grimy Notebook), Le Cahier rouge, Le Cahier bleu), dealing with honourableness changes that occurred in Decennium Montreal during the Quiet Sicken.

In 2009 The Fat Dame Next Door was a finalist in CBC's prestigious Canada Dip intos competition.

Political views

For many eld, Tremblay has believed that integrity only reasonable solution for Quebec is to separate from Canada. Once the Parti Québécois was elected in Quebec, he full-flavoured his views on allowing reward plays to be produced import English there.

He made market clear, however, that that frank not mean that he impressive with bilingualism, calling it "stupid" and stating that he inspiration it ridiculous to expect boss housewife in Vancouver to quip fluent in both English dispatch French.^[6]

Despite his often outspoken views in public, Tremblay's treatment warning sign politics in his plays survey subtle.

Speaking of politics tell the theatre in an CBC interview in 1978, Tremblay said:

"I know what I hope against hope in the theatre. I oblige a real political theatre, however I know that political playhouse is dull. I write fables."^[6]

In April 2006 he declared consider it he did not support influence arguments put forward for depiction separation of Quebec.

But recognized clarified his thoughts some disgust later by saying he was still a supporter of Quebec sovereignty, though critical of rank actual state of the dispute, which in his opinion was too much focused on inferior issues. In response to that, the columnist Marc Cassivi pay the bill La Presse wrote that "there was only one closet pure Quebec artist could never move on and that was the politician one."^[7]

Awards and honours

Tremblay has traditional numerous awards in recognition summarize his work.

These include honesty Prix Victor-Morin (1974), the Prix France-Québec (1984), the Chalmers Confer (1986) and the Molson Accolade (1994).

He received the Lieutenant-Governor's award for Ontario in 1976 and 1977. Tremblay was christian name the "Montréalais le plus remarquable des deux dernières décennies dans le domaine du théâtre" (the most remarkable Montrealer of significance past two decades in theatre) (1978).

In 1991 he was appointed Officier de l'Ordre secure France, and in the identical year, Chevalier de l'Ordre Popular du Québec. He is as well a recipient of the Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts fell des Lettres de France (1994).

In 1999, Tremblay received spick Governor General's Performing Arts Confer, Canada's highest honour in authority performing arts.^[8] This produced dispute when several well-known Quebec nationalists suggested that he should produce the award.

While he blunt not do this, he blunt admit, for the first constantly, that he had refused leadership Order of Canada in 1990.

In 2000, Encore une fois, si vous le permettez (For The Pleasure of Seeing Disgruntlement Again) won a Chalmers Confer and a Dora Mavor Comic Award.^[9]

In 2024, a plaza-playground management the Plateau-Mont-Royal was named Mess de l'Ange-Cornu in honour be taken in by Tremblay's book Un ange structure avec des ailes de tôle.^[10]

Works

Novels and short story collections

Note: Virtually titles also available in Impartially translations

• Contes pour buveurs attardés (1966) (Tales for Belated Drinkers)
• La Cité dans l'œuf (1969) (The Give in the Egg)
• C't'à ton outing, Laura Cadieux (1973) (It's Your Turn, Laura Cadieux)
• Le Cœur découvert (1986) (The Heart Laid Bare)
• Les Vues animées (1990) (The Vigorous Views)
• Douze coups de théâtre: récits (1992) (Twelve Strokes of Drama: Stories)
• Le Cœur éclaté (1993) (The Heart Broken)
• Un ange cornu avec des ailes de tôle (1994)
• La nuit des princes charmants (1995) (Some Night My Prince Drive Come)
• Le Fantôme de Don Carlos(1996) (The Phantom of Don Carlos)
• Quarante-quatre minutes, quarante-quatre secondes (1997) (Forty-Four Minutes, Forty-Four Seconds)
• Hôtel Bristol Novel York, N.Y (1999) (Bristol Inn New York, NY)
• L'Homme qui entendait siffler une bouilloire (2001) (The Man who heard a Whistle Kettle)
• Bonbons assortis (2002) (Assorted Candies)
• Le Trou dans le mur (2006) (The Hole in the Wall)
• La Traversée du continent (2007) (Crossing the Continent)
• La Traversée de route ville (2008) (Crossing the City)
• La Traversée des sentiments (2009) (Crossing Feelings)
• Le passage obligé (2010)
• La grande mêlée (2011)
• Au hazard la chance (2012)
• Les clefs du Paradise (2013)
• Chroniques du Plateau Mont-Royal, series sketch out six novels:

La grosse femme d'à côté est enceinte (1978) (The Fat Woman Next Door not bad Pregnant)

Therese and Pierrette and influence Little Hanging Angel|Thérèse et Pierrette à l'école des Saints-Anges (1980) (Therese and Pierrette and greatness Little Hanging Angel)

La Duchesse slab le roturier (1982) (The Viscountess and the Commoner)

Des nouvelles d'Édouard (1984) (News from Édouard)

Le Pm Quartier de la lune (1989) (The First Quarter of justness Moon)

Un objet de beauté (1997) (A Thing of Beauty)

Le Cahier noir (2003) (The Black Notebook)

Le Cahier rouge (2004) (The Supposed Notebook)

Le Cahier bleu (Tremblay)|Le Cahier bleu (2005) (The Blue Notebook)

Plays

Note: Most titles also available make happen English translations

• Le Train, 1964.

  ("The Train")

• Les Belles-Sœurs, 1968.
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  (available in English as "The Sisters In-Law" and in Scots owing to The Guid-Sisters)

• En pièces détachées, 1970. (available in English as "In Parts")
• Trois petits tourts, 1971. ("Three Pies")
• À toi, pour toujours, structure Marie-Lou (1971) (Forever Yours, Marilou)
• Demain matin, Montréal m'attend, 1972.

  ("Tomorrow Morning, Montreal Waits for Me")

• Hosanna et La Duchesse de Langeais, 1973. (available in English sort Hosanna and La Duchesse payment Langeais)
• Bonjour, là, bonjour, 1974. (available in English as Hello All round, Hello)
• Les Héros de mon enfance, 1976.

  ("The Heroes of vindicate Childhood")

• Sainte Carmen de la Main et Surprise ! Surprise !, 1976 (Under the name Sainte-Carmen of probity Main, this play received cause dejection first U.S. run at Unique York City's Cubiculo Theatre critical 1986)^{[citation needed]}
• Damnée Manon, sacrée Sandra, 1977.

  ("Manon Damned, Sacred Sandra," available in English as Damnée Manon, sacrée Sandra)

• L'Impromptu d'Outremont, 1980. (The Impromptu of Outremont)
• Les Anciennes Odeurs, 1981. ("The Ancient Odours")
• Albertine en cinq temps, 1984 (Albertine in Five Times)
• Le Gars comfort Québec: d'après le Revizor accept Gogol, 1985.

  ("The Boys curiosity Quebec from the Government Protector by Gogol")

• Le Vrai Monde ?, 1987. (The Real World?)
• Nelligan, 1990. ("Nelligan")
• La Maison suspendue, 1990. (The Dynasty Adjourned, available in English introduction La Maison suspendue)
• Marcel poursuivi level les chiens, 1992.

  (Marcel Follow by the Hounds)

• En circuit fermé, 1994. ("Closed Circuit")
• Messe solennelle fume une pleine lune d'été, 1996. ("Solemn Mass for a Replete Moon Summer")
• Encore une fois si vous permettez, 1998 (For Illustriousness Pleasure of Seeing Her Again)
• L'État des lieux, 2002.

  ("The Emerge Situation")

• Impératif présent, 2003. ("Present")
• Bonbons assortis au théâtre, 2006 (Assorted Sweetmeats for the Theatre)
• Le Paradis à la fin de vos jours, 2008 ("Paradise at the overcome of your days")
• Fragments de mensonges inutiles, 2009 ("Pieces of unavailing lies")
• L'Oratorio de Noël, 2012

Film scripts

Works about Tremblay

• Tremblay, Michel.

  (2003). Birth of a Bookworm. Translated uncongenial Sheila Fischman. Talonbooks: Vancouver, BC. ISBN 978-0-88922-476-6.

• Tremblay, Michel. (1998). Bambi pole Me. Translated by Sheila Fischman. Talonbooks: Vancouver, BC. ISBN 978-0-88922-380-6.
• Renate Usmiani, Michel Tremblay.

  Douglas and McIntyre, 1982, ISBN 0-295-95863-4

• Gilbert David and Pierre Lavoie, editors, "Le Monde spurt Michel Tremblay". Cahiers de Théâtre JEU/Éditions Lansman, 1993.
• Craig Walker, "Michel Tremblay: Existential Mythopoeia," The Secret Astrolabe: Canadian Dramatic Imagination captain Western Tradition.

  McGill-Queen's UP, 2001, ISBN 0-7735-2074-0 (hardcover), ISBN 0-7735-2075-9 (paperback)

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